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INTRODUCTION:

I long loved the old TSR fantasy board game, Divine Right. I often wondered when I was younger how it could be that Dragon magazine would publish histories (Minarian Legends) of a world that they did not use for role-playing. Since 2001, I have been entrusted by Glenn Rahman, one of the designers of the board game and the rights holder for the IP,  to reconcile and augment the Lore.

Twenty five years on, I continue to work to shape the existing DR Lore into something suitable for a RPG setting. There is an underlying set of nomenclature and mechanics that mimic D&D 3.5, but it is lightly applied, so as to make the world of Ia (the continent of Minaria and its neighbours) suitable for playing with any game system.

This includes reconciling the various Minarian Legends, including incorporating the newer material which made its way into the 25th anniversary edition and the 2024 remake editions of the game. I am sure it will come as no surprise that there are some gaps in the Minarian Legends, including chronological blanks, so I have made educated guesses where necessary. To that volume of material I have added my own creations, blending them (I hope) seamlessly into the existing information.

Glenn has been supportive of the attempt and over the years has permitted me access to unpublished material. I'm also indebted to James McCracken, my game mechanics counterpart who has kept the flame burning for lovers of Divine Right these many years, and who has been front and center in producing the reprints and rules updates. 

           Many thanks to Glenn Rahman for his tolerance with my meddling in the world of Minaria.

-M Gemmell, January 2026.

Key Documents

A Player's Guide to Minaria 

The Chronology of Minaria  (with material excerpted directly from Minarian Legends, the Scarlet Empire material, and unpublished material by Glenn Rahman- this is the bible for all things Minaria, and is a living document, with changes coming as newer gazetteers are developed. 

Races of Minaria  detail of the various unique races and traits of the populations of Minaria

Gazetteers - each of these documents expands the history and society of a certain portion of the world of Minaria. There are over twenty of these, each ranging between 10 and 40 pages in length. Most are accompanied by an expanded map (see below)

Maps of Minaria- expanded maps of the world of Ia (originally hand drawn, but the 2025 editions are built using Worldographer), as well as a variety of other maps (continental levels, world level, individual cities, etc.)

The Deities of Minaria - all the gods referenced through the Minarian Lore, shaped in such a way that they are suitable for an RPG

Alphabets & Languages of Minaria

Commerce and Coinage in Minaria

Flora and Fauna of Minaria - list of unique plants, animals, and monsters to Minaria

Cities of Minaria - the complete list of all places listed in the gazetteers, arranged alphabetically and by size

The Calendar of Minaria  

Game mechanics material (loosely based on D&D 3.5)

Character Classes in Minaria

Regional Feats of Minaria

Prestige Classes of Minaria

Dungeons

The Tombs of the Soraskier is a small dungeon set in Hothior. Here is the accompanying map of the Tombs of the Soraskier.

The Ship in the Fens is a small dungeon set inside an ancient fossilized Lloroi shipwreck. Here is the map of the Ship in the Fens.

The History of the Dwarves- Minarian Legend

Also included is the Minarian Legend (Dwarves) first published in Dragon Magazine in 1981. This particular Legend did not make it into the Minarian Legends (2022 edition) (which all true fans should own a copy of), so  it is offered here.